Could i use hubble telescope?? If not, Why?

Question

I need a detailed answer pleeasey :DDD xxx
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Answer 1

Anyone can apply for time on the telescope; there are no restrictions on nationality or academic affiliation. Competition for time on the telescope is intense, and the ratio of time requested to time available (the oversubscription ratio) typically ranges between 6 and 9.



Calls for proposals are issued roughly annually, with time allocated for a cycle lasting approximately one year. Proposals are divided into several categories; 'general observer' proposals are the most common, covering routine observations. 'Snapshot observations' are those in which targets require only 45 minutes or less of telescope time, including overheads such as acquiring the target; snapshot observations are used to fill in gaps in the telescope schedule that cannot be filled by regular GO programs.



Astronomers may make 'Target of Opportunity' proposals, in which observations are scheduled if a transient event covered by the proposal occurs during the scheduling cycle. In addition, up to 10% of the telescope time is designated Director's Discretionary (DD) Time. Astronomers can apply to use DD time at any time of year, and it is typically awarded for study of unexpected transient phenomena such as supernovae. Other uses of DD time have included the observations that led to the production of the Hubble Deep Field and Hubble Ultra Deep Field, and in the first four cycles of telescope time, observations carried out by amateur astronomers.

Answer 2

If you are a professional astronomer, you can apply for observing time on the Hubble Telescope, just as you can apply for observing time at most Earth-based observatories. You must present a detailed proposal to the committee which allocates observing time, and your request will be considered alongside those of hundreds of other professional astronomers. Observing time on the Hubble is highly sought after, so you'd better have a well written, thought out, and supported proposal.

Answer 3

You would need to approach the authorities that operate the Hubble Space Telescope to be given time to use it. You would need to demonstrate your competence as an astronomer and/or your need to use data that only the Hubble could provide. People who use the Hubble are already well known to the Hubble authorities, so a newcomer approaching them 'cold' would need a really good reason.

Answer 4

Normally only professional astronomers. Though the images they take get shared with all other astronomers world wide.



A few amateurs occasionally get a chance to use it:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1992/1992/23/text/

But you need to have a very good reason for using it obviously and it is a rare and unusual opportunity and an honour to be chosen.



If you just want to look at some part of the sky in detail, try google sky:

http://www.google.com/sky/

Or the nasa WorldWind

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org

Answer 5

No. You're not important enough. One of the reasons that you aren't important enough is that you just want to use the Hubble Telescope. If you were one of the important-enough people, you'd have asked whether you might use it to determine whether or not ________ (insert astronomical phenomenon here) did/underwent/exhibited ________ (insert speculative astrophysical process here).

Answer 6

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Well, ..., it is a Ritchey–Chrétien reflector which is a specialized cassegrain telescope. See the "Examples of large Ritchey–Chrétien telescopes" section in the article below.

Answer 7

I would imagine there is a list longer than your life of astronomers who have applied for Hubble time.

But!

Apply! It's worth a shot.

I would point it at the moon and make Halloween pics. :)

Apply here http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/series/How_science_is_done.html